Deworm3 collection launched in PLOS NTDs

31 Jan 2018

The Deworm3 Project has launched the DeWorm3 collection in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases journal. This ongoing collection of papers will detail the research findings of a project that is seeking to build the evidence-base around the feasibiliy of disrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths.

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are estimated to effect approximately 1.45billion people globally. These infections can cause chronic and debilitating effects on human health and development. Chronic STH infections can contribute to malnutrition, iron-deficiency anemia, and mental and physical growth delay.

The DeWorm3 project is conducting five-year cluster randomised trial in Benin, India and Malawi to test the feasibility of interrupting the transmission of STH infections and to develop effective strategies for scaling-up transmission interruption programmes.

The US$27 million initiative is a research collaboration led by the Natural History Museum which involves fellow LCNTDR members from Imperial College London and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.